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COMBINED FILLING AND PACKING DEVICE.

No. 370,427. Patented Sept. 27, 1887.

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FRANK J. STEINHAUSER, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA. I

COMBINED FILLING AND PACKING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,427, dated September 27, 1887,

Application filed February 24, 1887. Serial No. 228,791. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it k nown that I, FRANK J. STEINHAUSER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Combined Filling and Packing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for compressing horse and cattle powders or other powders ofa similar character in the receptacles containing them, or in compressing and holding in position for a length of time cigar-molds, tobacco to be pressed into compact shape, or, in fact, to pack any material requiring compression for so doing; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to afford a means of compression more rapid, powerful, and simple than any heretofore used, and, second, to combine, in the case of powder or other pulverized materials, a packing and a filling machine so constructed that the mechanism of the two shall be arranged so that in .operating one receptacle or can will be filled while the contents of another are being compressed. 1 accomplish these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of my entire invention, the filling device being shown partially in section; Fig. 2, a rear elevation of the packing device, showing the means for adj usting the clamps between which the can rests, and Fig. 3 a horizontal section through the line x at of Fig. 2.

Similar letters refer to si milar parts throughout the several views.

The frame A supports the vertical acting plunger-rod B. This rod passes through central cross-pieces, a a, of the frame A, and is provided at the top with a semicircular head, I), and at the bottom with a plunger-head, b, of such shape as to conform with that of the receptacle, I, it is to pack. are removably attached to the rod B, that those of various forms may be used to conform with the shape of the receptacle to be packed.

The top a of the frame has a vertical slot cut therein, in which is pivoted a cam-lever, G, at c. This lever is so located that the cam D at its lower end rests upon the head I), and thereby in its movement imparts a vertical downward motion of the rod B. The plungerthe frame G by set-nuts g.

The plunger-heads.

rod B is forced upward and kept in engage ment with the cam D by a spiral spring, (I, embracing it between the cross-piece a. and thehead I) and bearing against those parts.

The movement of the cam lever is shown by the dotted lines 0, the slot in which it moves extending to the right in Fig. 1 from the point at which the lever is shown by the full lines The cross-piece is slotted between ment is for the purpose of keeping the plunger pressing upon cigarmolds or the like for some time.

The platform E, upon which the receptacle to be filled rests, embraces the posts a on each side, and each of these posts is provided with ,7 5

a vertical rack, r upon .the front and rear faces, which are engaged by dogs a, pivoted between the lips e on the upper surface of the platform E, that the platform may be adjusted vertically and 'held in position.

In packing powders in paper, cotton, or receptacles of other flexible material, the receptacles are placed in a rigid can, F, of corresponding size, to prevent the bursting of such receptacles under the pressure exerted by the packer. These cans F are secured between arms g, made laterally adjustable in slots gin The frame G is itself adjustable backward and forward bymeans of a rearwardly-proj ecting arm, H, resting between two cleats, h, upon the upper sur face of the platform E, the arm H having a slot, h, cut therein, through which a threaded pin, 1), projects and is engaged by the setnut 19.

On one side of the packer there is a filling device located. This device consists of a body, K, having a funnel-shaped bottom, It, the spout k of which is closed at the upper end by a stopper, m. The stopper m is secured to the lower end of the rod M, working vertically through the cross-pieces 70 and secured at the upper end to the lever L.

The lever is pivoted on the standard a, and

connected by means of the rod r with the lever B, having its fulcrum in the side of the filler, and the other end attached to the plungingrod B just below the head thereof. The rods M and a" are provided with set-screws m rf, respectively, that the height to which the stopper may be raised can be varied to regulate the flow from the spout 7c. The rod M is embraced by a spiral spring, S, between the lower cross-pieces, 7c, and the stopper m, which acts to keep the latter in engagement with the top of the spout k.

Beneath the spout 70 there is a can, placed, similar to that under the packer, to support flexible bags while being filled.

A brief examination of Fig. 1 will show that when the lever is depressed for compressing a receptacle, I, under it the stopper in the filler is raised, permitting a similar receptacle thereunder to be filled ready for packing. Thus by the use of the same power the packing and filling are carried on simultaneously.

As will be readily observed, there might be a number of alterations made in the details of my device without materially interfering with the principles of its action. I therefore do not confine myself to the minor points of my machine as described, closely; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the supporting frame, the plunger-rod B, having the circular head I) and plunger-head b, the spring d, and

the cam-lever O D, pivoted inthe top of the frame, of the platform E and a rigid can, F, all combined and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, withthe supportingframe, of the plunger-rod B, having the head I) and plunger 1), and provided with the rack b the dog f, pivoted to the cross-piece a, the spring d, the cam-lever C D, and the platform E, all combined and operating substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, with a packing machine, of a filling-reservoir and connections between said packing-machine and reservoir, whereby the movement of the machinery for compressing a receptacle in the former opens the outlet of the latter for filling a receptacle under it, substantially as specified.

FRANK J. STEINHAUSER.

\Vitnesses:

J. K. BARR, WM. R. GERHART. 

